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Experts find Office XML docs may slow antivirus scanners (CNET)
Security experts are warning beta users of Microsoft Office 2003 that its XML-based format could impede antivirus software. Experts said the problem occurs when documents are saved as XML files. Saving files as XML could move a macro embedded in that file to a location other than where they are always positioned. Scanners, as a result, must examine the entire file. Antivirus experts want a header placed in the file telling the scanner where to look for macros. Microsoft, meanwhile, said this is a problem with XML documents and not specific to Office 2003.
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Microsoft details DSI autonomic architecture (InfoWorld)
Microsoft provided details on its new Dynamic Systems Initiative software architecture that enables enterprise and third-party developers to create applications with autonomic capabilities. This is Microsoft's response to self-healing, self-managing technology from IBM, HP and Sun.
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When I came in on a Monday morning, I found all of my user accounts with admin rights were locked out. I used EDR 2002 to regain access to my PDC (NT4 server SP6a) with admin rights and checked the log files on the primary domain controller (PDC). I found out someone from a machine with a domain name that no one in our company is using tried to log on to my PDC with all of the user names with admin rights. Because we use very strong passwords and only allow three tries for logon, this "hacker" was not able to log on to my PDC. How did this guy know all of my user names that have admin privileges?
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Can you hack it? Microsoft to help teach Hacking 101
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In a move that seems akin to teaching a fox how to guard a henhouse, Microsoft -- the most vulnerable IT henhouse of all -- is teaming up with several universities to teach students how to break Windows. As part of the computer course, undergrads will have to hack into software and fix any security bugs they find. They'll also have to deal with security vulnerabilities and learn how to write secure code. The University of Leeds in England will offer the course next year, with the help of Microsoft's money. MS may want to make sure that every one of the male students in the class has a girlfriend; according to a leading security expert, most virus writers don't.
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